adventure | |
1. n. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat. | |
2. n. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event | |
A life full of adventures. | |
3. n. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. | |
4. n. A feeling of desire for new and exciting things | |
his sense of adventure | |
5. n. (video games) A text adventure or an adventure game. | |
6. n. (obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap | |
7. n. (obsolete) Chance of danger or loss. | |
8. n. (obsolete) Risk; danger; peril. | |
9. v. To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture. | |
10. v. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare. | |
11. v. (intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk. | |